melanoma
The verdict
“melanoma” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #47,485 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #47,485
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tipo de câncer que atinge o tecido epitelial, mais especificamente a pele
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | melanoma |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “melanoma” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for melanoma is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #47,485 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "tipo de câncer que atinge o tecido epitelial, mais especificamente a pele".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for melanoma, with forms such as "emlanoma", "mealnoma", and "melanmoa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "melancia", "melanina", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is melanoma, spelled M-E-L-A-N-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1tipo de câncer que atinge o tecido epitelial, mais especificamente a pele
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emlanoma,mealnoma,melanmoa,melannoma,melanoam,melanomma,melaonma,mellanoma,melnaoma,mleanoma,mmelanoma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of melanoma - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “melanoma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-L-A-N-O-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “melancia” - see the side-by-side comparison. melanoma vs melancia
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.